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April 25th, 2005 (April 25 2005) | Event | The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937. | |
April 25th, 2005 (April 25 2005) | Event | Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union. | |
April 25th, 2005 (April 25 2005) | Event | 107 die in Amagasaki rail crash in Japan. | Saki Quotes |
April 25th, 2005 (April 25 2005) | Death | Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk (born in 1908) | |
April 25th, 1995 (April 25 1995) | Death | Art Fleming, American game show host (born in 1925) | |
April 25th, 1995 (April 25 1995) | Death | Ginger Rogers, American actress and dancer (born in 1911) | |
April 25th, 1985 (April 25 1985) | Birth | Giedo van der Garde, Dutch racing driver | |
April 25th, 1975 (April 25 1975) | Event | As North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. | |
April 25th, 1975 (April 25 1975) | Birth | Emily Bergl, English-American actress | |
April 25th, 1975 (April 25 1975) | Birth | Jacque Jones, American baseball player | |
April 25th, 1975 (April 25 1975) | Birth | Chris Lilley, Australian actor, comedian, and writer | |
April 25th, 1975 (April 25 1975) | Death | Mike Brant, Israeli singer (born in 1947) | |
April 25th, 1965 (April 25 1965) | Birth | Eric Avery, American musician (Jane s Addiction, Deconstruction, Polar Bear) | |
April 25th, 1965 (April 25 1965) | Birth | Simon Fowler, English musician (Ocean Colour Scene) | |
April 25th, 1955 (April 25 1955) | Birth | Parviz Parastui, Iranian actor | |
April 25th, 1955 (April 25 1955) | Birth | Americo Gallego, Argentine footballer | |
April 25th, 1945 (April 25 1945) | Event | Elbe Day: United States and Russian troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two, a milestone in the approaching end of World War II in Europe. | |
April 25th, 1945 (April 25 1945) | Event | The Nazi occupation army leaves Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian resistance movement. This day is taken as symbolic of the Liberation of Italy. | |
April 25th, 1945 (April 25 1945) | Event | Fifty nations gather in San Francisco, California to begin the United Nations Conference on International Organizations. | |
April 25th, 1945 (April 25 1945) | Birth | Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA) | |
April 25th, 1945 (April 25 1945) | Birth | Stu Cook, American rock bassist (Creedence Clearwater Revival) | |
April 25th, 1935 (April 25 1935) | Birth | April Ashley, English model | |
April 25th, 1925 (April 25 1925) | Birth | Sammy Drechsel, German journalist, film director, and cabaret performer (died in 1986) | |
April 25th, 1925 (April 25 1925) | Birth | Kay E. Kuter, American actor (died in 2003) | |
April 25th, 1915 (April 25 1915) | Event | World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins -- The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by Australian, British, French and New Zealand troops begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles. | |
April 25th, 1915 (April 25 1915) | Death | Frederick William Seward, United States Assistant Secretary of State (born in 1830) | |
April 25th, 1905 (April 25 1905) | Birth | George Nepia, New Zealand rugby player (died in 1986) | |
April 25th, 1775 (April 25 1775) | Birth | Charlotte of Spain, Spanish Infanta and queen of Portugal (died in 1830) | |
April 25th, 1725 (April 25 1725) | Birth | Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (died in 1786) | |
April 25th, 1605 (April 25 1605) | Death | Naresuan, King of Siam (born in 1555) | |
April 25th, 1595 (April 25 1595) | Death | Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (born in 1544) | Torquato Tasso Quotes |
April 25th, 1295 (April 25 1295) | Death | King Sancho IV of Castile | |
April 25th, 1265 (April 25 1265) | Death | Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester, English crusader | |
April 25th, 1185 (April 25 1185) | Death | Emperor Antoku of Japan (born in 1178) | |